Kelechi Iheanacho Set To Feature In First Manchester Derby Outside United Kingdom

Kelechi Iheanacho will travel with the Manchester City squad to China in July 2016 as part of the Citizens pre-season training.

Manchester City face bitter rivals Manchester United at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing on 25 July as part of the International Champions Cup China, before a meeting with Borussia Dortmund three days later.

Iheanacho has been in Asia before with City’s squad for pre-season training, lasting the distance in the 8-1 rout of Vietnam on July 27,2015 and provided an assist for Raheem Sterling to score the team’s fourth goal.

The ex-Golden Eaglets star has fond memories of the International Champions Cup, having found the back of the net against AC Milan in 2014 and another Italian opposition Roma the following year.

Manchester City’s clash with United takes place 19 days before the start of the 2016-17 Premier League.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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